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Friday, February 6, 2015

For well over a year I’ve been making a regular
pilgrimage to Gong Fu Tea
in the East
Village to wash down the trials of the day
with a life-invigorating pot of tea.

Gong Fu has a staggering selection of loose-leaf teas black,
green, and herbal; for consumption onsite or to-go, and for
brewing at home. A visit there could be quite intimidating if not
for the exceedingly helpful, knowledge staff. I usually eschew
perusing their catalog of teas in favor of consulting the staff
for what suits my taste on a given visit.

Fine,
exotic teas aplenty, all you have to do is ask; Purple
Passion – neither purple or Everclear
enhanced, but I do taste the passion [fruit]; Milk
Oolong – the aroma is like a blast of butter in the
face.

Jasmine
Dragon Pearls is a lushly floral green tea that tastes
like lilac season; the liquor of this Organic Golden
Puerh is robust and slightly malty, a coffee-drinkers
tea; Honyama Sencha – a malty Japanese green tea.

Tea
and more tea, and this is just the view from the back of the
store; Chocolate Mint tea steeped with a 3 to 16
ratio of milk to water offers a charming aroma; a delicious
Yerba Maté from Gong Fu tastes of asparagus.